Visit the Peneda-Geres in the Land of Bouro

The Peneda-Geres is presented as the first protected area to be created in Portugal (1971), by Decree-Law No. 187/71 of May 8, the only one with the status of National Park. It is located in northern Portugal, sharing border with Galicia, which form a continuous landscape of the Natural Park of Sierra Low-Limia Xurés, lobbying the city in Spain. The set of two parks form the Transfrontier Park Xurés-Geres. In addition to the catchment areas of rivers Minho, Lima, Cávado and Man, the PNPG is part of the granitic massifs Peneda, Yellow and Gerês. It occupies an area of 69 693 hectares, covering five Municipalities: Ponte da Barca, Melgaço, Montalegre, Ponte da Barca and Lands Bouro. In the latter, occupying 55.7% of the total area municipality.
The region that is part of the predominantly granitic, mountainous with altitudes reaching the 1545m in the Snowy Peak, in the Land of Bouro. Part of the hills that constitute the human interventions were, in continuity from the Neolithic time.

Flora

The main species found in the Peneda-Geres National Park are: alvarinho oak, Pyrenean oak, gilbardeira, arbutus, padreiro, laurel cherry, blueberry or "grape bunch", Holly.

Fauna

It is remarkable the amount and diversity of animals worthy of interest. Despite the Grizzly to have disappeared from the park, even today there are several species, as is the case of wild garranos, eight species of bats, of which the most important in terms of conservation is the Bat-arboreal-small, shrew-of- teeth-red, Martha, the wild cat, the Gold-Striped Salamander, the Squirrel, the vipers, the roe deer, wild boar and the Wolf.